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Week starting Friday, December 9, 2016

Emperors’ Treasures: Chinese Art from the National Palace Museum, Taipei brings to Houston more than 160 works of art that highlight the artistic and cultural contributions of imperial rulers in China.

Find unique holiday gifts! Browse original works of art created by Glassell Studio School students: paintings, ceramics, prints, watercolors, drawings, jewelry, and more. Ornaments also available! Free and open to the public.

Jim Jarmusch’s new documentary about the Stooges features concert scenes, interviews with front man Iggy Pop, and commentary from former bandmates, tracing the trajectory of a band that influenced generations of musicians.

Find unique holiday gifts! Browse original works of art created by Glassell Studio School students: paintings, ceramics, prints, watercolors, drawings, jewelry, and more. Ornaments also available! Free and open to the public.

In this gallery program for visitors who are blind or partially sighted, trained educators use verbal descriptions and hands-on materials to engage participants with the Museum’s art collections and exhibitions.

The exhibition Emperors’ Treasures: Chinese Art from the National Palace Museum, Taipei, presents a treasure trove of emperors’ prized possessions, including works of art they created themselves. Explore the different roles that rulers of the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties had in the establishment and development of new artistic directions at their courts on this one-hour, docent-led members tour.

In 1966, a sniper rode the elevator to the top floor of the University of Texas Tower and opened fire, holding the campus hostage for 96 minutes in what was a previously unimaginable event. Tower highlights the fear, confusion, and visceral realities on a day when the worst in one man brought out the best in so many others.

Discover connections between the exhibition Degas: A New Vision and the Museum’s collection, from work by Edgar Degas’s contemporaries and Old Masters that inspired him to artworks that tackled similar subjects, and more! Sample different aspects of Degas’s world each week on this 20-minute Docent-led Art Bite tour of the MFAH collections.